I followed her eyes As she scanned me From inside out My nerves getting the best of me Hands shaking behind my back Praying she wont notice My vulnerable eyes full of Fear, anxiety and distraught
One She blinked at me
Two Breathe in Breathe out One Two How How do i breathe? What comes after one? Two! Breathe in... Two No What comes after breathing?
Forgotten I have forgotten
I forgot how to count How to breathe How to live
She blinked at me
She blinked. She blinked at me again. I caught her blinking at me again! I saw her eyes full of pain and sorrow. Inviting She pulled me into the darkness. Her room full of solitude and despair.
One Breathe in Breathe Two Out
She keeps me. She keeps me up at night. With her thoughts of destruction and raucous cries. Pleading. Bleeding. To let her out To let her take control
But I'm denying Fighting Crawling my way out My skin is blue And purple From her scratches And punches Clamored With her tirade of Failures and mess
One Breathe in Breathe Just breathe Two
She keeps me Happy and ecstatic I could roll over the floor Jump Past my balcony Because, she She keeps me Chasing for excitement My blood pumped up With adrenalin Like friday Night and I'm All clouded with Cheap mix Of gin and Tonic
She keeps me She keeps me tangled Mangled Inside her junk of chest Moulding and decaying Pieces of her skin Wrapped Around my neck Broken bones Slashing through my Flesh
She is screaming And wailing To get out, I am trembling Taunted by her cries. I am pleading Meaning for her to Stop
Hush now It will all be fine Once the clock hits nine You will be back Just in time To dine with my Crime
I shut her off With my clenched fists And twisted tongue
She grabbed me closer And pulled my hair
She said, "This is terrible Ugly and utterly grime"
With her words i get weak I shrunk in defeat Throat clumped And eyes bleak Folded in my knees By the corner of the Margin Between sanity and disbelief
Go away, i said. Please please Please I want to be full of life And free I want to be me again!
She said, you are you But i am i, And i am taking over Whatever is left To be salvaged You are feeble With your flaccid Belief Of whatever feat You call Faith! Walk on water If you must I'll let you drown With your lies And cries While i have The last laugh
Like a double-edged sword Her words cut my heart open Bleeding in abandonment
She keeps blaming me And claiming that I destroyed her life That i ripped her Dreams off Into oblivion Of so much possibilities Of starting over agains of paths wishing to be Explored Of answers waiting to be thrown in Questions
She keeps panting Running Her feet throbbing finger tips painting The blank canvas With more emptiness And disregard
My wobbly knees And fickle mind Gave in I plucked my ears and Yanked my eyes out
In my deafened state i can still hear Her voice echoing.
With no sight I can still see her reflection So clear So real in front of me
She blinked She blinked at me again
And i blinked at her
She She keeps me
She She is me.
No. no no no no
No!
I I am her?!
This piece was my first ever spoken word poetry that I performed at open night. My first ever performance.